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The Latest: Northeast snowstorm forces millions to stay home, disrupts flights and closes schools
Read full article: The Latest: Northeast snowstorm forces millions to stay home, disrupts flights and closes schoolsNeighbors, government workers and a powerful railroad snow-clearing machine nicknamed “Darth Vader” have been digging out from a brutal storm that forecasters are calling the strongest in a decade.
Northeast US digs out from brutal snowstorm that disrupted flights and canceled school
Read full article: Northeast US digs out from brutal snowstorm that disrupted flights and canceled schoolMillions across the northeastern United States contended with treks to school and work as they dug out from a major storm that blanketed the region with snow, canceled flights, disrupted transit and downed power lines.
Witness who saw friend fatally shot by immigration agent in Texas last year dies in car accident
Read full article: Witness who saw friend fatally shot by immigration agent in Texas last year dies in car accidentA Texas man who saw his friend get shot and killed last year by a federal immigration agent died last weekend in a fiery car crash.
Volunteers scour the desert for Nancy Guthrie despite authorities urging them to stop
Read full article: Volunteers scour the desert for Nancy Guthrie despite authorities urging them to stopThe disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother three weeks ago has inspired volunteers to launch their own searches in the dense desert near her home just outside Tucson.
Body of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is to lie in state in South Carolina
Read full article: Body of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is to lie in state in South CarolinaThe Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is being honored in South Carolina, where he was born and where his civil rights work began as a teenager.
RFK Jr. fought pesticides for years. Now he's backing their production
Read full article: RFK Jr. fought pesticides for years. Now he's backing their productionRobert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down on his support for an executive order that would aim to boost the production of a controversial weedkiller ingredient called glyphosate, even though it is widening a political fault line for the administration ahead of the midterm elections.
Federal court rejects GOP-led Utah Legislature's latest try to block House map that helps Democrats
Read full article: Federal court rejects GOP-led Utah Legislature's latest try to block House map that helps DemocratsA federal court ruling means the new Utah voting districts that give Democrats an improved shot at winning a U.S. House seat can be used in this year’s election.
Mother testifies she urged Colin Gray to lock up guns before Apalachee High shooting in Georgia
Read full article: Mother testifies she urged Colin Gray to lock up guns before Apalachee High shooting in GeorgiaColin Gray is on trial after prosecutors say he helped enable his son’s deadly school shooting in Georgia by giving him a gun.
Citizen journalists, citizen sleuths helping to unravel the tangle of Epstein documents
Read full article: Citizen journalists, citizen sleuths helping to unravel the tangle of Epstein documentsProfessional journalists sifting through the trove of documents released in the Epstein files have some help — a cadre of citizen journalists or sleuths who have become obsessed with the material.
FDA proposes new system for approving customized drugs and therapies for rare diseases
Read full article: FDA proposes new system for approving customized drugs and therapies for rare diseasesThe Food and Drug Administration is proposing a system for approving customized drugs and medical treatments for patients with rare or hard-to-treat diseases.
Armed man shot and killed at Mar-a-Lago was never interested in politics or guns, cousin says
Read full article: Armed man shot and killed at Mar-a-Lago was never interested in politics or guns, cousin saysThe 21-year-old North Carolina man who entered a gate at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort with a shotgun before he was shot and killed worked as a golf course groundskeeper and sold illustrations of golf courses.
The Latest: New York City remains under a state of emergency, Mamdani says
Read full article: The Latest: New York City remains under a state of emergency, Mamdani saysA massive snowstorm pummeled the northeast United States from Maryland to Maine, forcing millions of people to stay home amid strong winds and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures.
The Latest: Trump warns countries to abide by tariff deals despite Supreme Court decision
Read full article: The Latest: Trump warns countries to abide by tariff deals despite Supreme Court decisionPresident Donald Trump is threatening countries around the world to abide by any tariff deals they agreed to, despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down many of his far-reaching taxes on imports.
Police are finding suspects based on their online searches as courts weigh privacy concerns
Read full article: Police are finding suspects based on their online searches as courts weigh privacy concernsCriminal investigators hoping to develop a suspect are turning to a powerful cyber tool by asking Google to disclose who had been searching for relevant information.
A Utah mom who wrote kids' book on grief after husband died killed him for money, prosecutors say
Read full article: A Utah mom who wrote kids' book on grief after husband died killed him for money, prosecutors sayProsecutors portrayed a Utah mother and children’s book author as a money-hungry killer Monday on the first day of a murder trial in her husband’s death.
Huge snowstorm in the Northeast forces millions to stay home, disrupts flights and closes schools
Read full article: Huge snowstorm in the Northeast forces millions to stay home, disrupts flights and closes schoolsA massive snowstorm is pummeling the northeastern United States, forcing millions of people to stay home amid strong wind and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures.
It's a quiet box office weekend as 'GOAT' edges 'Wuthering Heights'
Read full article: It's a quiet box office weekend as 'GOAT' edges 'Wuthering Heights'Sony Pictures Animation’s film “GOAT” is leading a quiet weekend at the North American box office, beating “Wuthering Heights” in a second-weekend showdown.
The Latest: Armed man shot, killed after entering perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says
Read full article: The Latest: Armed man shot, killed after entering perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service saysAn armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
Armed man shot and killed after entering secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says
Read full article: Armed man shot and killed after entering secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service saysU.S. Secret Service says an armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
New law puts Kansas at vanguard of denying trans identities on drivers licenses, birth certificates
Read full article: New law puts Kansas at vanguard of denying trans identities on drivers licenses, birth certificatesKansas is set to invalidate about 1,700 driver's licenses held by transgender residents and roughly as many of their birth certificates.
Thanks but no thanks: Trump’s hospital ship plan provokes defense of Greenland health care system
Read full article: Thanks but no thanks: Trump’s hospital ship plan provokes defense of Greenland health care systemU.S. President Donald Trump says he is sending a U.S. Navy hospital ship to Greenland because people there are sick and lack care.
Blizzard warnings cascade across East Coast as winter storm hits
Read full article: Blizzard warnings cascade across East Coast as winter storm hitsSnow began falling over parts of the Northeastern U.S. with the onset of an intense winter storm that prompted blizzard warnings throughout the region.
Department of Homeland Security suspends Global Entry as the partial government shutdown drags on
Read full article: Department of Homeland Security suspends Global Entry as the partial government shutdown drags onThe Department of Homeland Security says the Global Entry program shuts down for as long as the partial government shutdown continues.
Ghislaine Maxwell fights release of more Epstein documents, calling disclosure law unconstitutional
Read full article: Ghislaine Maxwell fights release of more Epstein documents, calling disclosure law unconstitutionalLawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to Jeffrey Epstein, saying a law used to force the recent public release of millions of documents is unconstitutional.
Trump says he'll raise tariffs to 15 percent after Supreme Court ruling
Read full article: Trump says he'll raise tariffs to 15 percent after Supreme Court rulingPresident Donald Trump said Saturday that he was raising the global tariff he wants to impose to 15%, up from 10% he had announced a day earlier.
Blizzard warnings issued from Delaware to Massachusetts as storm threatens East Coast
Read full article: Blizzard warnings issued from Delaware to Massachusetts as storm threatens East CoastBlizzard warnings have been issued for New York City, New Jersey, Boston and communities along the East Coast as a late-winter storm approaches.
ICE's purchases for big detention centers are marked by secrecy, frustrating towns
Read full article: ICE's purchases for big detention centers are marked by secrecy, frustrating townsAt least 20 communities with large warehouses across the U.S. have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s $45-billion expansion of detention centers.
New Mexico launches investigation of forced sterilization of Native American women
Read full article: New Mexico launches investigation of forced sterilization of Native American womenIn the 1970s, the agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of women without their full and informed consent.
She was an orphan adopted from Iran by a US veteran. The Trump administration wants to deport her
Read full article: She was an orphan adopted from Iran by a US veteran. The Trump administration wants to deport herA woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, is being threatened with deportation to Iran, a country notoriously dangerous for Christians and on the brink of war with the United States.
US military airlifts small reactor as Trump pushes to quickly deploy nuclear power
Read full article: US military airlifts small reactor as Trump pushes to quickly deploy nuclear powerThe Pentagon and the Energy Department have airlifted a small nuclear reactor from California to Utah, demonstrating what they say is the potential for the U.S. to quickly deploy nuclear power for military and civilian use.
Ski guides in spotlight as investigators probe deadly California avalanche
Read full article: Ski guides in spotlight as investigators probe deadly California avalancheLegal experts say a criminal investigation announced into whether negligence played a role in a deadly California avalanche could hinge on key decisions by guides leading the ill-fated ski trip.
Court clears way for Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms to take effect
Read full article: Court clears way for Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms to take effectThe 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a Louisiana law requiring displays of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms to take effect.
PacifiCorp to pay $575M to resolve federal government's claims over wildfires in Oregon, California
Read full article: PacifiCorp to pay $575M to resolve federal government's claims over wildfires in Oregon, CaliforniaPacifiCorp has agreed to pay $575 million to resolve the federal government's claims for damages stemming from six wildfires in Oregon and California.
Trump administration to stand by tough Biden-era mandates to replace lead pipes
Read full article: Trump administration to stand by tough Biden-era mandates to replace lead pipesThe Trump administration says it supports a strict Biden-era rule that forces cities to replace most lead water pipes within 10 years.
US audit finds gaps in the FAA's oversight of United Airlines maintenance
Read full article: US audit finds gaps in the FAA's oversight of United Airlines maintenanceA federal government audit says FAA staffing shortages and high employee turnover have hindered the agency's oversight of airplane maintenance at United Airlines.
Member of Zizians group linked to deaths in several states bailed out in Maryland
Read full article: Member of Zizians group linked to deaths in several states bailed out in MarylandA member of a group known to outsiders as Zizians that is linked to six deaths was bailed out of jail in Maryland.
Melania Trump donates her white and black-trimmed inaugural ball gown to the Smithsonian
Read full article: Melania Trump donates her white and black-trimmed inaugural ball gown to the SmithsonianMelania Trump says it's “incredible” to see the gown she wore to the 2025 inaugural balls on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
All truckers and bus drivers will be required to take commercial driver's license tests in English
Read full article: All truckers and bus drivers will be required to take commercial driver's license tests in EnglishAll truckers and bus drivers will have to take their commercial driver’s license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry and get unqualified drivers off the road.
Speaker denies request for Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at Capitol, citing precedent
Read full article: Speaker denies request for Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at Capitol, citing precedentHouse Speaker Mike Johnson’s office has denied a request to have the late Rev. Jesse Jackson lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda due to precedents that such honors are usually only designated for presidents.
Appeals court says Trump administration can halt work on slavery exhibit in Philadelphia amid appeal
Read full article: Appeals court says Trump administration can halt work on slavery exhibit in Philadelphia amid appealA U.S. appeals court late Friday says the Trump administration can halt work on a National Park Service slavery exhibit in Philadelphia while it appeals a judge's order to reinstall it.
Trump administration eases limits on coal plants for emitting mercury, other toxins
Read full article: Trump administration eases limits on coal plants for emitting mercury, other toxinsThe Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Virginia Democrats pass map that could flip 4 US House seats, if courts and voters approve
Read full article: Virginia Democrats pass map that could flip 4 US House seats, if courts and voters approveVirginia Democrats have passed a new congressional map that aims to flip four U.S. House seats, but the courts and voters still must have a say before the maps are official.
NASA targets March for first moon mission by Artemis astronauts after fueling test success
Read full article: NASA targets March for first moon mission by Artemis astronauts after fueling test successNASA aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after acing the latest rocket fueling test.